#142 | Decarbonizing the food chain

Understory newsletter on climate and sustainability tech

Check out the latest in circular economy agtech solutions and new climate tech fundings that happened this week.

📚 Worth Reading

Re-Nuble is a circular economy solution that takes waste byproducts and turns them into valuable nutrients that help crops grow. The company helps indoor farmers increase their yields while also avoiding the excess synthetic mineral salts that release heat and waste into the environment. Read more in our latest profile available on our website.

Worth Reading: Re-Nuble - decarbonizing the food chain

🚀 Funding and Congrats!

Buoyant Ventures raised a $76 million climate-focused fund.

One Next Energy (ONE), an energy storage company, raised a $300 million Series B funding round.

Climate risk platform Resilience raised a $26 million Series B round.

Plantd, which makes carbon negative building materials, raised a $10 million Series A round.

Pollination technology company BloomX raised $8 million in seed funding and emerged from stealth.

WattCarbon, which will launch a carbon free energy market, raised a $4.5 million seed round.

Nigerian solar energy company SunFi raised a $2.3 million seed round.

Greenspark, a climate action platform, raised a £1 million seed funding round.

💡 Startup Spotlight

SmartSolve - produces dissolving paper and packaging that are environmentally friendly.

🌱 Startup Resources

Call for Projects to decarbonize the shipping sector: CMA CGM

Apply by February 6th: Gold House Accelerator Program

Coming soon: Startups for All's Cohort 4 incubator program

👀 Quick Hits

There are 83 climate tech unicorns globally and the number increased almost 40% in one year.

The many uses and benefits of microalgae.

🎧 Podcast

Revisit episodes of The Understory Podcast to hear more stories of innovation in climate and sustainability.

⚙️ Jobs

Find and share your open positions on the Understory Slack channel.

🆕 Head of Policy and Strategy at AirCapture

🆕 Executive Vice President, Climate at Antenna Group

🆕 VP of Sustainability at Acre

🆕 Circular Economy Specialist at Rubicon

🆕 Strategy & Sustainability Intern at Bayer

🆕 Global Sustainability Summer Intern at PepsiCo

🆕 Impact Investing Senior Director at The Coca Cola Company

Head of Sustainability at Snap

Multiple Roles at Open Water

Executive Director, Sustainability Transformational PMO at Estee Lauder

VP, Sustainability at Meta

Growth Team at Lithos Carbon

Vice President, Sustainability Solutions at U.S. Ventures Inc.

VP Sustainability at LA28 (Olympic Games)

Director of Sustainability at alice + olivia

Program Operations Lead at Third Derivative

GM Sustainable Building Technology at Honeywell

Analyst, Life Cycle Assessment at ClimeCo

Investment Associate at Energize Ventures

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